Florence Henderson dead at 82

The actress who played the mother on the hit TV show “The Brady Bunch” has died at the age of 82.

Florence Henderson died on Thursday night after being hospitalized the day before, surrounded by family and friends, according to a statement from her manager.

Henderson rose to fame playing Carol Brady on the sitcom “The Brady Bunch” from 1969 to 1974, as well as The Brady Bunch Movie in 1995. Since then, she has made appearances in dozens of television shows and films.

In 2010, at the age of 76, she was a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars.”

Henderson leaves behind four children from her former marriage to Ira Bernstein. With files from Global News (km)